The ghost farms choking Greece’s coastline
Dec 19, 2025•Channel
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Published6 months ago
Duration10:27
Video IDoql91FvBr8k
Languageen
CategoryEducation
PrivacyPublic
Made for KidsNo
Video TypeRegular Video
Performance Metrics
Views12.1K
Likes695
Comments59
Engagement Rate6.21%
Likes per 100 views5.72
Comments per 1K views4.86
Video Tags
#dw#deutsche welle#dw planet a#planet a#yt:cc=on#fish farms#abandoned fish farms#fish farming business#sustainable fish farming#aquaculture#aquaculture problems#fish farms problems#pollution aquaculture#marine conservation#fish farms greece#fishing greece#plastic pollution greece#plastic pollution fish farms#plastic pollution oceans#plastic pollution ocean cleanup
Description
Greece’s coastline is dotted with abandoned aquaculture sites. The giant rings and other decaying infrastructure are poisoning the sea and local economy with microplastic and huge plastic waste. We accompanied a Greek NGO trying to banish these ghost farms.
#PlanetA #fishfarming #pollution #greece
Credits:
Reporter: Adam Baheej Adada
Camera: Manuel Vering
Supervising Editors: Malte Rohwer-Kahlmann, Kiyo Dörrer, Michael Trobridge
Video Editing and Animation: Adam Baheej Adada
Factcheck: Alexander Paquet
Thumbnail: Em Chabridon
Chapters:
00:00 The mystery rings
01:00 Visiting the farm
02:35 A coastline full of plastic
05:21 Diving in
07:07 The lawsuit
08:24 A growing industry
09:37 The legacy
Read more:
AKTAIA (NGO): Planned expansion of fish farming in Greece
https://aktaia.org/en/what-is-poay/
Research on floating marine debris in Northern Chilean Patagonia
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0025326X21004069?via=ihub
NOAA: What is ghost fishing?
https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/ghostfishing.html
Ghost farms across the world
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/09/from-chile-to-greece-ghost-gear-from-fish-farms-haunts-the-seas/
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